The House Oversight Committee is asking the Federal Protective Services for information about how it is protecting federal employees in light of the increase in threats against its workforce.
The uptick in threats follows the FBI's search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home and the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, a New York Democrat, and Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, a Massachusetts Democrat and subcommittee chairman, lay out in a letter to Federal Protective Service Director L. Eric Patterson their belief that the rhetoric from Republican leaders has contributed to a sharp increase in threats to federal employees nationwide.
Rick Scott of Florida, who chairs Senate Republicans' campaign arm, claimed in an August news release that the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act would lead to 87,000 new IRS agents who would be"mostly armed" to"create an IRS super-police force" that is willing to"kill" their"fellow hardworking Americans." House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy wrote on Twitter,"Democrats' new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you." Sen.
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